SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
[Amendment No. ___________]
Filed by the Registrant [X]
Filed by a party other than the Registrant [ ]
Check the appropriate box:
[ ] Preliminary proxy statement
[ ] Confidential, for use of the Commission only (as permitted by
Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
[ ] Definitive proxy statement
[X] Definitive additional materials
[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Sec. 240.14a-11(c) or Sec. 240.14a-12
HORNBECK OFFSHORE SERVICES, INC.
(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Payment of filing fee (Check the appropriate box):
[ ] $125 per Exchange Act Rules 0-11(c)(1)(ii), 14a-6(i)(1), 14a-6(i)(2)
or Item 22(a)(2) of Schedule 14A.
[ ] $500 per each party to the controversy pursuant to Exchange Act Rule
14a-6(i)(3).
[ ] Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and
0-11.
(1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:
(2) Aggregate number of securities to which transactions applies:
(3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed
pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the
filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):
(4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:
(5) Total fee paid:
[ ] Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.
[X] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act
Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee
was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration
statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.
(1) Amount previously paid:
$88,516
(2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:
Form S-4 Registration Statement No.:333-00221 including proxy
materials of Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.
(3) Filing party:
Tidewater Inc.
(4) Date filed:
February 6,1996
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HORNBECK OFFSHORE SERVICES, INC.
7707 HARBORSIDE DRIVE
GALVESTON, TEXAS 77554
IMPORTANT REMINDER
February 23, 1996
Dear Stockholder:
We have previously mailed to you proxy materials relating to the
Special Meeting of Stockholders of Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.
to be held on Wednesday, March 13, 1996.
According to our latest records, we have not received your proxy card
for this important meeting. Regardless of the number of shares you own, it
is important that they are represented and voted at the meeting. If you
have not already mailed your proxy card, please take a moment to sign, date
and mail the enclosed duplicate proxy card promptly in the return envelope
provided for your convenience.
Your board of directors has unanimously approved the merger agreement
and, for the reasons set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus dated
February 6, 1996, recommends that you vote 'for' adoption of the merger
agreement.
Thank you for your cooperation and continued support.
Yours truly,
/s/ LARRY D. HORNBECK
Larry D. Hornbeck
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, PRESIDENT
AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PROXY
HORNBECK OFFSHORE SERVICES, INC.
SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR USE AT THE SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS, MARCH 13, 1996
The undersigned hereby appoints Larry D. Hornbeck, Robert W. Hampton, and
Richard R. Ellison, and each or any of them, and any substitute or substitutes,
to be the attorneys and proxies of the undersigned at the Special Meeting of
Stockholders of Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., or at any adjournment thereof,
and to vote at such meeting the shares of Common Stock entitled to vote thereat,
held of record by the undersigned on January 31, 1996, on the items indicated on
the reverse side hereof as more fully described in the Proxy Statement/
Prospectus dated February 6, 1996 and in accordance with the directions given at
the Special Meeting.
This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed
by the undersigned stockholder. If no direction is given, the shares
represented by this proxy will be voted "FOR" Item 1.
(Continued, and to be dated and signed on the reverse side.)
HORNBECK OFFSHORE SERVICES, INC.
P.O. BOX 11799
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10203-0799
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" ITEM 1.
Item 1. Adoption of Agreement and Item 2. In their discretion, the
Plan of Merger. Proxies are authorized to vote
upon such other business as may
properly come before the
meeting or any adjournment
thereof.
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN CHANGE OF ADDRESS AND
OR COMMENTS MARK HERE
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
Please mark, date and sign your name
exactly as it appears on your stock
certificate and return it in the
enclosed envelope. When signing as an
attorney, executor, administrator,
trustee, guardian, etc., please give
title as such. If such signer is a
corporation or partnership, please sign
in full corporate or partnership name
by authorized officer or person. If
shares are held jointly, each joint
owner should sign.
Dated: _______________________ , 1996
_____________________________________
Signature
_____________________________________
Signature, if held jointly
VOTES MUST BE INDICATED
[X] IN BLACK OR BLUE INK.
PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY
USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
